Test 6 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers
Priya: «WHO'S THE BEST? ME! ME!» dancing in front of the telly for two minutes. What's the problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Priya, problem · What happens: be
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Priya: «WHO'S THE BEST?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priya | Priya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 BEST | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 BEST | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 BEST | punct |
| 4 | WHO | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 BEST | nsubj |
| 5 | 'S | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 BEST | cop |
| 6 | THE | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 BEST | det |
| 7 | BEST | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 BEST | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Priya | good property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: ME!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ME | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 ME | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: ME!» dancing in front of the telly for two minutes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ME | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 dancing | nsubj |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 ME | punct |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 dancing | punct |
| 4 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 front | case |
| 6 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dancing | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 telly | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 telly | det |
| 9 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 front | nmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 minutes | case |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 minutes | nummod |
| 12 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dancing | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dancing | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: What's the problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Winners mustn't smile at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winners | winner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 smile | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 smile | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 smile | advmod |
| 4 | smile | smile | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 smile | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not smile | must | Winners | all | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It rubs it in for the losers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rubs | nsubj |
| 2 | rubs | rub | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rubs | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 2 rubs | compound:prt |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 losers | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 losers | det |
| 7 | losers | loser | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rubs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub in | present | It | it | for the losers | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Dancing breaks the console
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 breaks | nsubj |
| 2 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 console | det |
| 4 | console | console | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 breaks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | Dancing | the console | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer console=Patient |
Option 4
She is blocking the fan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 blocking | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 blocking | aux |
| 3 | blocking | block | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fan | det |
| 5 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blocking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | block | present · progressive | She | the fan | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer fan=Theme |
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